HARRISON et al v. PFIZER INC

Filing 7

ORDER staying all deadlines and proceedings due to MDL in Eastern District of Pennsylvania. Ordered by Judge Hugh Lawson on 10/29/2012. (nbp)

IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
FOR THE MIDDLE DISTRICT OF GEORGIA
VALDOSTA DIVISION
G. TOM HARRISON, JR. and HOLLY E.
HARRISON, Individually and as Natural
Guardians of K.H., a Minor,,
Plaintiffs,
Civil Action No. 7:12-cv-131 (HL)
v.
PFIZER, INC.,
Defendant.
ORDER
The parties in this case have notified the Court via a Joint Stipulation (Doc.
5) that this case will be included in a multidistrict litigation (“MDL”) proceeding of
all related federal actions in which plaintiffs, like Plaintiffs here, allege that Zoloft,
a Pfizer medication, caused birth defects. The multidistrict litigation proceeding
will take place in the Eastern District of Pennsylvania before the Honorable
Cynthia M. Rufe. Based on the impending transfer of this case to the Eastern
District of Pennsylvania, this Court stays all deadlines and proceedings with the
anticipation that the schedule for the case will be set by the MDL court.
SO ORDERED, this 29th day of October, 2012.

s/ Hugh Lawson
HUGH LAWSON, SENIOR JUDGE
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